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Walters Ms. W.655, Anthology of Persian poetryBrowse images (Browse images in a new window) | TEI in XML format
Manuscript
Anthology of Persian poetry
Text title
Vernacular: Ù ÙØªØ®Ø¨Ø§Øª اشعار
Abstract
This is an illustrated collection of Persian poetry by such famous poets as HÄfiáº, SaÊ¿dÄ«, JÄmÄ«, and á¹¢afÄ. It was executed in Qajar Iran in an oblong format in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. The text, which is incomplete at the beginning and at the end, is written in ploychrome shikastah script. Fifteen paintings illustrate the text. The goatskin binding is original to the manuscript.
Date
Early 13th century AH / 19th CE
Language:
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Support material
Paper
Laid paper with some leaves tinted
Extent
Foliation: i+131+i
Dimensions
7.0 cm wide by 13.0 cm high
Written surface
5.0 cm wide by 9.0 cm high
Layout
Contents:
fols. 1a - 131b:Decoration:
fol. 8b:
fol. 9b:
fol. 11b:
fol. 12b:
fol. 13b:
fol. 14b:
fol. 16b:
fol. 45a:
fol. 49b:
fol. 52b:
fol. 85b:
fol. 97b:
fol. 100b:
fol. 127b:
Binding
The binding is original.
Limp leather with painted cloth (no flap); Persian oblong (safīnah) format; floral decoration in the center panel
Acquisition
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Contributors
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail
Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara
Publisher
The Walters Art Museum
License
Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.
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